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5:35 PM ET, September 3, 2024

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Davidrlurie / Public Notice:
Kamala Harris is cutting off Trump's political oxygen  —  🚨 This special, five-edition week of Public Notice is made possible by paid subscribers 🚨 If you aren't one already, please sign up to support our independent journalism.  —  💥 Subscribe to Public Notice 💥
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James Carville / New York Times:
Kamala Harris's Best Strategy to Defeat Trump  —  I hate to say it, but Donald Trump remains the singular most recognized name in the United States.  Since he moseyed down that golden escalator in 2015, he has dominated the American airwaves and algorithms.
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Axelrod: Trump will lose if race is decided on popularity
Discussion: Fox News
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
House and Senate Republicans are starting to panic about a huge money gap with Democrats  —  GOP leaders on Capitol Hill are privately — and publicly — warning donors they need more money.  —  Republicans are racing to plug a massive money hole — before it's too late.
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Jessica Piper / Politico:
Harris campaign, DNC, announce unprecedented down-ballot spending
US Department of Justice:
Former High-Ranking New York State Government Employee Charged with Acting as an Undisclosed Agent of the People's Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party  —  For Immediate Release  —  U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York  —  Defendant Engaged in Political Activities …
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Anthony Izaguirre / Associated Press:
Former aide to New York's governor is charged with being an agent of the Chinese government  —  A former New York state government official who worked for former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and current Gov. Kathy Hochul was charged Tuesday with acting as an undisclosed agent of the Chinese government …
New York Times:
Linda Sun, Former Hochul Aide, Charged as Chinese Agent
Discussion: HotAir, New York Post and UPI
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Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:   Raskin launches probe into closed DOJ investigation of Trump-Egypt ties
Natasha Bertrand / CNN:
Exclusive: John McCain's son decries Trump appearance at Arlington as a ‘violation’ that turned cemetery into campaign backdrop  —  Jimmy McCain will be interviewed on “The Lead with Jake Tapper” at 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday.  —  CNN —  When former President Donald Trump held a campaign event …
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Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:
Unearthed video: JD Vance said childless elites make the U.S. “dangerous.”  It was too much for a Newsmax interviewer.  —  In a previously unreported interview, JD Vance ranted in 2021 that the country has become a “dangerous place to live” because of childless elites.
Elaine Godfrey / The Atlantic:
Donald Trump's Incredible ‘Transgender Thing’  —  During a conversation onstage at a Moms for Liberty event last week, Donald Trump said something that made even me—a seasoned visitor to Trump's theme park of hyperbole—look around in confusion at the people around me in the audience.
Discussion: PinkNews and Crooks and Liars
emptywheel:
All Trump's Recidivists  —  Donald Trump and Stephen “Discount Goebbels” Miller have a plan.  As the election draws near, they want to find every instance of an undocumented immigrant who commits a violent crime; that is and will continue to be their routine response when Trump's misogyny or his own crimes get coverage.
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The Assembly NC:
Ex-Porn Shop Employees Say Mark Robinson Was A Regular.  He Denies It.  —  After he embraced Christianity in the late 1980s, the GOP candidate for governor says his behavior “did not immediately reform.”  Six men say Robinson frequented Greensboro video-porn shops in the '90s and early 2000s.
Tom Pappert / Tennessee Star:
The Tennessee Star Releases ‘Manifesto’ Left by Transgender Covenant School Killer Audrey Hale  —  On Tuesday, The Tennessee Star and Editor-in-Chief Michael Patrick Leahy released 90 pages of writings left by Covenant School killer Audrey Elizabeth Hale.  The Covenant Killer's 2023 Journal …
CNN:
Judge issues preliminary injunction on Trump campaign use of the song 'Hold On, I'm Coming'  —  A federal judge has ruled former President Donald Trump and his campaign must pause on using the song “Hold On, I'm Coming.”  —  The decision came after the estate of the late R&B artist …
Emily Wax-Thibodeaux / Washington Post:
A louder voice in fighting abortion bans: Men in red states  —  More men are speaking out in defense of reproductive rights because of harrowing experiences that wives or partners have suffered when a pregnancy went awry.  —  Thomas Stovall grew up in a strict Baptist family in Mississippi …
Discussion: NBC News and Mediaite
Laura Bassett / The Guardian:
How Ted Cruz's abortion record could cost him a historic election in Texas  —  The notoriously verbose senator has gone largely silent on the issue since horror stories under the state's ban emerged  —  The notoriously verbose Ted Cruz has gone largely silent on abortion …
Washington Post:
How China extended its repression into an American city  —  Chinese diplomats and pro-China diaspora groups based in the United States organized demonstrations in San Francisco that harassed and silenced protesters opposed to Beijing's policies, including through violence …
New York Times:
Trump Aides Evacuated Offices After Prank Sparked Bugging Fears  —  The police were called after suspicious devices were found at a Florida campaign office.  It was quickly determined that the devices were likely part of a prank.  —  Watergate this was not.
Discussion: USA Today and Raw Story
ICE:
ERO Boston arrests Brazilian national charged with sex crimes against Massachusetts child  —  Local jurisdiction honored ICE detainer and turned alleged sex offender over to ERO  —  BOSTON — Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston apprehended an unlawfully present, 24-year-old Brazilian national charged …
Zeeshan Aleem / MSNBC:
Questions surrounding Trump's mental acuity are a real 2024 story  —  His speech is becoming harder and harder to understand.  —  The words below were taken verbatim from a campaign speech former President Donald Trump delivered in Potterville, Michigan, Thursday when he was attempting …
Discussion: Raw Story, Deadline and Newsweek
Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
Big Tech ‘Clients’ of Jacob Wohl's Secret AI Lobbying Firm Say They've Never Heard of It  —  Monday, Politico revealed that convicted fraudsters and right-wing activists Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman have been secretly operating a company that purports to do AI-powered lobbying called LobbyMatic.
Discussion: Salon, New Republic, Politico and The Verge
Justin Grimmer / Politico:
Don't Trust the Election Forecasts  —  The data doesn't support the obsession with presidential prognostications.  —  Even as Joe Biden's presidential candidacy teetered and polls showed him clearly losing to Donald Trump, the election forecasting site 538 was still estimating that Biden was likeliest to win.
Robert Reich:
Six ways to rein in Musk  —  Today I want to tell you the dangers posed by an out-of-control Elon Musk (in part I), and six ways to rein him in (in part II).  I also provide some personal evidence of how bonkers he is (in my P.S. at the end of today's letter).  —  I. Elon Musk is Out of Control
 
 
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Emily Crane / New York Post:
Kamala Harris drops ‘unburdened’ catchphrase again despite mockery
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court allows Biden administration to withhold family planning funds to Oklahoma over abortion dispute
Discussion: USA Today, Washington Post and CBS News
Clea Caulcutt / Politico:
France's former PM Philippe: ‘I will be a candidate in the next presidential election’
Discussion: Reuters
Brad Dress / The Hill:
2 US Marines assaulted by small crowd in Turkey
Bill Scher / Washington Monthly:
“World War III?” Fewer U.S. Troops Died in Combat Under Biden-Harris Than Trump
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
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Olena Harmash / Reuters:
Russian missile strike kills 41 people in Ukraine's Poltava, Zelenskiy says
Alex Woodward / The Independent:
Trump praises men for ‘allowing’ their wives to attend MAGA rallies without them
Discussion: Washington Examiner and USA Today
New York Post:
Migrants flooding NYC's justice system — making up ‘75% of arrests in Midtown’ — as ‘pathetic’ sanctuary city laws handcuff cops
Nick Reisman / Politico:
New York Democrats fear abortion-rights amendment is faltering
Daniel Dale / CNN:
Trump is still telling lies he told eight years ago
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Lisa Lerer / New York Times:
Vance Championed 2017 Report on Families From Architects of Project 2025
 

 
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Peter White / Deadline:
Fox and Hulu extend their content partnership, including in-season streaming rights for Fox's programming; sources: the deal is worth $1.5B over four years

Peter Kafka / Business Insider:
A Q&A with Chris Balfe, CEO of Red Seat Ventures, which has helped Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly set up their podcast and streaming businesses and sell ads

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

 
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